IGT 8/30/06 - Mets vs. Rockies

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Yes, even uglier than those. Those Padre uniforms were ugly, too, but they had some appeal. I liked the beige and green color scheme. It's just the camouflage pattern that was weird. But the Rockies thing last night was horrendous. I don't mind the vest look. It's not my favorite, but it usually looks okay. But a black vest, with girly white shoulders, over black shirts, was just plain hideous. If that look ever catches on I'll have to cancel my TV package and start listening to games on the radio again.

I don;t think the Rocks in their home black/whites are that ugly at all. Maybe not exciting but not hideous. I prefer it to the puple.

Speaking of which -- UniWatch broke news this week that the D-Baggs are ditching purple and will play in a "sandy type of red with black trim."

[Willets Point]

Once upon a time, the rosters of teams were stable from year to year and fans became familiar with the players on their teams. Then free agency and increased trading came along adding frequent turnover to rosters so fans ended up rooting for the laundry. Now we've reached the point where the laundry is in a constant state of change as well.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"]Yes, even uglier than those. Those Padre uniforms were ugly, too, but they had some appeal. I liked the beige and green color scheme. It's just the camouflage pattern that was weird. But the Rockies thing last night was horrendous. I don't mind the vest look. It's not my favorite, but it usually looks okay. But a black vest, with girly white shoulders, over black shirts, was just plain hideous. If that look ever catches on I'll have to cancel my TV package and start listening to games on the radio again. I don;t think the Rocks in their home black/whites are that ugly at all. Maybe not exciting but not hideous. I prefer it to the puple. Speaking of which -- UniWatch broke news this week that the D-Baggs are ditching purple and will play in a "sandy type of red with black trim."

So that puts an end to the awfulness that was the 1998 Expansion, with the Devil Rays rainbow-typeface long gone and the D-back's purple leaving.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I like the sound of the Diamondbacks' change. I had no problem with the purple and teal, except that it didn't really fit with the snake and desert theme. It was more like they were trying to pick the trendy colors so they'd sell more merchandise.

I can't picture a "sandy red" (unless they mean a clay color) but I'm looking forward to seeing it.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Sandy red to me sounds like the Astros "brick" color, but I wish they'd stop pretending they don;t actually belong in orange.